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10 Lesbians On The Loose Magazine • lotl.com
Alex Ivetic has been a Yoga and Meditation
teacher for just over a decade and in that
time her passions for teaching a balanced
'way of being' has taken her as far a eld as India
and Europe. Around seven years ago she set up a
business that saw her interest in spirituality and
eastern philosophies combine. "I was employed
by companies such as Sony, IBM and healthcare
organisations,"explains
Alex. "I found that there
was a deep yearning
there for people to learn
how to connect to their
hearts. There were many
people who worked in the
corporate field that had an
inner struggle to experience
harmony and balance in
their everyday lives. So I
was employed to put together a combination
of workshops which encompassed meditation,
yoga, movement, contact Tantra through music
and tai chi workshops for individuals and
groups.
"Over the course of weeks and months I
found that the individuals (including top
management) experienced profound peace
and equilibrium in their home lives as well
as at work. You could sense the students
entering into the room with more knowing of
themselves. More surety, more presence, more
love and more quietness in the mind. It was so
beautiful to obser ve."
Now Ivetic wants to bring the lessons she
learned working in the corporate arena into the
more intimate field of personal relationships --
her SuperSoul workshops aim to bring couples
closer together.
SuperSoul's birth is about experiencing
connection with yourself, experiencing how to
tap into the universal energy and allow love,
trust, patience, surrender
and fun into your lives. "It
helps teach us how to be
more playful, how to accept
things on a momentary
basis and not hold onto
things that has no true
meaning. It teaches you to
embrace the things that
have more meaning in life
for example : connecting,
being expressive, being present, laughing,
dancing, being yourself, being able to sit still
and be comfortable in your skin, to be able to
do things without over thinking and analysing,
being able to experience having an open heart
and to show more love to yourself and to others
without having opinions and judgements."
If you'd like the chance to win a 7 day SuperSoul
experience in your home, write 350 words or less
to Alex at supersoulexperience@gmail.com and
explain why you deserve a SuperSoul experience.
facebook.com/supersoul for more info.
As a longstanding volunteer of community group
Tropical Fruits, Suzi St Julian does everything
from sitting on the Tropical Fruits' management
committee to assisting with the group's nances to
site managing events and helping to plan the Fruits
very successful parties... Don't be surprised if she's
there at the door come NYE to meet and greet you...
Suzi rst became involved with Tropical Fruits
after she made the move from Bangalow to Lismore
some 20 years ago. "I found my social outlet in the
Tropical Fruits- as so many of us have" comments
Suzi. She became more actively involved with the
group "when our dearly beloved Erif took sick," She
explains; "I felt I was needed. I found a family with
the Tropical Fruits, and you always look after your
family."
Of course Suzi was no stranger to volunteering or
community groups for that matter (having founded
Reverse Garbage back in Sydney). "I am a big
believer in community- it is one of my main passions
in life," she says. As for her role at RG, she says it
"gave me a very handy ability to see the potential
of discarded items, and the skills to transform them
into something beautiful. Fruits' parties are full of
discards- in more than one way or another!"
For Suzi, the importance to the LGBTIQ community
of organisations such as Tropical Fruits is easy to
recognise: "In a regional area, community groups
like Fruits play a vital role in maintaining a healthy
society. Tropical Fruits - and groups like it, help us
combat the barriers of living outside a metropolitan
area. It brings the entire LGBTIQ community together,
crushing boundaries- both within our community and
the mainstream society."
She admits that the best thing about volunteering
for Tropical Fruits is "the people" and encourages
others to volunteer for Tropical Fruits, "to be a part
of an amazing community and a unique team of
people, working for the love and betterment of our
community. At Tropical Fruits, you will reap the fruits
of your labour: no matter how much work, we are
totally committed to having fun!"
For more info on TF and to buy NYE tickets,
visit tropicalfruits.org.au
Fruity Bits
Super Soul
Yoga and meditation practitioner Alex Ivetic has devised a course she
dubs 'Super Soul' to assist couples in tuning into their spirituality.
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"I found that
there was a deep
yearning there for
people to learn how
to connect to their
hearts..."